Serving-platter.



E. H. H. SMITH.

SERVING PLATTER.

APPLICATION FILED 21:11.0, 1909.

924,849. Patented June 15, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE H. H. SMITH, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SERVING-PLATTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE H. H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Serving-Platter, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a two-part heat retainingserving platter adapted for serving roasts, steaks, poultry, etc. inbrief for serving any article of food that requires to be kept hot aslong as possible and especially adapted for serving various kinds offood that are carved upon the table, the special objects being, inaddition to keeping the food hot, to provide a latter that may be madehighly ornamental? shall not be liable to injury in use so that it willretain its beauty for an almost unlimited length of time, shall berelatively ineXpensive to produce and shall be provided with a removableearthenware base preferably glazed upon its upper side, which willreceive most of the wear of use and prevent the carrier, ordinarily madeof metal either solid or plated, from being scratched, cut or worn by acarving knife or fork.

With these and other objects in view I have devised the simple and noveltwo-part platter of which the following description in connection withthe accompanying drawing is a specification, reference characters beingused to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my novel platter as in use; Fig. 2 alongitudinal section on the line 22 in Fig. 1 and Fig. 8 is a detailsectional view of the earthenware base, on an enlarged scale, showingthe glazing.

1O denotes the carrier or platter proper which may be made of anysuitable material, preferably metal either solid or plated, and whichmay be made highly ornamental. The carrier comprises an inclinedcircumferential rim 11 and a central depression 12 which receives thebase 13. The base may be made of any suitable material but is preferablymade of earthenware and may or may not be glazed on its 11 per side asindicated at 14 in Fig. 3. The loases are made to fit Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed. February 8, 1909.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 476,808.

closely in depression 12 and are provided with a roll 15 around the edgefor convenience in lifting them from and placing them in the depressionin the carrier. The roll 15 of the inner member or base 13 not onlyfacilitates the insertion or removal of said member, but it providesmeans for keeping gravy or juices of the meat from escaping into thecarrier 10, and also guards the metal rim of said carrier from being cutand marred by the carving knife.

16 denotes pockets in the base any number of which may be provided toform wells for the gravy or drippings from meats.

The bases are made in sizes to correspond with the sizes of thedepressions in the carriers and are interchangeable. They are made andsold independently of the carriers and may be readily replaced ifbroken. A number of bases may be furnished with each carrier so thatsucceeding courses of a dinner may be served upon different well heatedbases placed upon the same carrier which does not require to be heatedand does not become heated to an uncomfortable degree in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A platter comprising twonested separable members, the inner one being of heat retaining materialand of lesser area than the outer member and having a margin or rimraised above the plane of the adjacent portion of the outer member.

2. A serving platter comprising a metallic carrier having a centraldepression and a removable earthenware base of lesser area than thecarrier and engaging the depression and provided with pockets and havinga margin or rim above the plane of the adjacent portion of the carrier,substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE H. H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. ITTIG, H. V. SMITH.

